silezukuk:Votive terracotta body parts from the Sanctuary of Asklepios in Ancient Corinth. / Αναθημα
silezukuk:Votive terracotta body parts from the Sanctuary of Asklepios in Ancient Corinth. / Αναθηματικά ομοιώματα ανθρωπίνων μελών από το Ασκληπιείο της Αρχαίας Κορίνθου. // American School of Classical Studies at Athens > http://bit.ly/30AcVvKThey left them there when they wanted to let Asclepios know what they wanted cured. Had a problem in your ear? You made / bought an ear from terracotta or marble and took it to the temple. Same thing still happens sometimes in modern Greece, with people hanging small tablets with body parts engraved on them in church, in hopes the saints would see them and cure their ailments. -- source link
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